Cisco Unified Ip Phone Installation; Before You Begin; Network Requirements - Cisco 3905 Administration Manual

Cisco Unified IP Phone Installation

This chapter helps you install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on an IP telephony network.
Before you install a Cisco Unified IP phone, you must decide how to configure the phone in your network.
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Then you can install the phone and verify its functionality. For more information, see
Phone and Your Network, on page 21
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Before You Begin

Before installing the Cisco Unified IP Phone, review the requirements in these sections:

Network Requirements

For the Cisco Unified IP Phone to successfully operate as a Cisco Unified IP Phone endpoint in your network,
your network must meet the following requirements:
• Working Voice over IP (VoIP) Network:
• IP network that supports DHCP or manual assignment of IP address, gateway, and subnet mask
Before You Begin, page 31
Cisco Unified SIP Phone 3905 Components, page 32
Install Cisco Unified IP Phone, page 33
Phone Startup Verification, page 34
Network Settings Without DHCP, page 34
• VoIP configured on your Cisco routers and gateways
• Cisco Unified Communications Manager installed in your network and configured to handle call
processing
Cisco Unified SIP Phone 3905 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.6 (SIP)
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